La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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A High School Teacher Whene’er I enter this teacher’s room A wondrous something dispels all gloom It seems as though where’er I may roam I here feel happy, I feel at home. It is the smile on the teacher's face That makes me happy when in this place And though I tired of school may be He makes life worth while anew to me. A father for us he seems to be A man of kindness, simplicity A little joke he will laugh about. But as to foolishness—“My lad, look out” He’s calm and patient and understands Just how you feel. When he gives com- mands We’re always eager to do his will To do it quickly, to do it well. You feel that he’ll never “bawl you out”; Not until he’s compelled to without a doubt When there is something you want ex- plained He does it willingly, no fact retained He is a giant, stately, handsome, tall And has a heart; therefore we love him all. There are not many amateurs who can Write poems worthy of a worthy man Therefore I cannot tell his name—but guess And then, if you guess right, I will con- fess. —J. Schelin. Page Fourteen

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A Love Letter Dear Miss Sutton: The great love I have expressed for you is false and 1 find my indifference toward you increases daily. The more I see of you the more you appear to my eyes an object of contempt. I feel myself in every way disposed and determined to hate you. I can assure you that I never intended to love you. Our last conversation has left an impression on my mind, which by no means impressed ime of the extremely high standard of your character. Your temper would make me entirely unhappy. If you and I were married I expect nothing but the hatred of my friends added to the everlasting dis- pleasure of living with you. I have indeed a heart to bestow, but I do not desire to imagine it at your service. I could not owe it to anyone more inconsiderate and conspicuous than yourself and be capable of doing justice to myself and family. 1 think you are aware of the fact that I expect and sincerely hope you will favor me by avoiding me. You need not trouble yourself about answering this letter as your letters are always full of impertinence and do not have a shadow of art and good sense. Believe me, I 3m so adverse to you that it is impossible for me to be Your affectionate Sweetheart. Mr. Taylor p. s.—I suppose you were so inquisitive and read every line of this, and really I only intended for you to read every other line. So you will oblige me by reading it over and this time, omit every second line. Thanking you again, I remain, your— The Twenty-Third Psalm for Physics Class Mr. Hughes is my teacher. I shall not pass. He maketh me to work hard experiments; and exposes my ignorance before the class. He bringeth me to tears. He causeth me to learn rules for my grade’s sake. Yea, tho’ I study from sunrise to sunset I catch not the drift. For rules and regulations bother me. He prepareth hard lessons for me in the presence of my classmates. He flunketh me completely. My eyes run over abundantly. Surely 1 shall dwell in the Physics class forever. (For I don’t seem to be getting out very fast.) Page Thirteen

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Concerning the Faculty What event nnd reasons Inspiml In Mr. Hughes the desire to teach school (which Is possibly the only reason he Is not serving us as governor of Indiana)? In fact, at some time or other every one of you have thought why our various faculty members chose teaching as their occupation rather than go Into some other line of work. Knowing that every one of you are Interested In this subject and Incidentally being a little Inquisitive myself the following compilation resulted which we urge you to read and then forget. MR. TR ESTER—“School teaching paid me more In money and In satisfaction of desires than farm work, and these two occupations exhausted my then known opportunities. It proved most convenient for paving mv own way through college, and I always enjoyed school work. The Idea of genuine service lias grown In my mind steadily through my years of teaching. No individual performs a larger service than a real teacher. MU. HUGHES— An older brother was a success- ful teacher. His enthusiasm for teaching was such as to lead me to believe It a worthy profession. My respect for teaching has constantly grown as I. In- creasingly. each day. recognize the importance and nets! of good citizenship. I hope to see It become a splendid profession, made up of the best trained and most capable men and women available. MU. NKIBSBN— Because of the unlimited oppor- tunity for self-improvement. Thou that teachest an- other. teaehest thou not thyself? Because It Is a forward looking profession always working forward to better things. Because of the immense Influence one can exert. The boy Is the father of the man. If this Is so, he who shapes the thought of the boy controls that of the man. Because every hour spent In the work vlclds abundant returns for the effort ex- pended. Because there Is no profession where ad- vancement Is so certain. Because a teacher is a lead- er In the community. No other profession Is so well Informed on the general social, economic and Indus- trial problems as the teaching profession.” MR. K KBS AY— My youthful ambition to run a threshing machine was at last realized, but since this gave me employment Just during the summer. I chose teaching to till in with «luring the winter, because of an incident which occurred when I was In the first grade. One day I talked out loud. Iwcause I heard mv teacher doing It. and was punished. 1 then de- cided that when I got to be a man I would become a teacher so that I could talk out loud whenever I wanted t« . .... » . , , MISS KICI.BY— In deciding on a career. I found two vocations open to women—teaching and house- keeping. which translated int«» practical English means scrubbing”. I deliberated the two propositions pray- erfully and chose th« former. I am paid for teaching school. I should have to pay rent f«»r a house t scrub. Now. as Shakespeare's Duke would say. I would not change It. .... , MR. LUDBOW-- Through the Influence of a teacher during my Junior and Senior year In high school. I became Interested In the teaching profession.” MISS REYNOLDS— Ever since I can remember I planned t«» he a teacher, probably because I enjoyed l»s»ks and considered the teacher's task easy and In- teresting—from the pupil's desk. I knew no other profession that offered a greater opportunity for serv- '1 MISS HAMPTON Why I became a teacher has been asked me many times and up to the present the seeret has remained unnlred to the world. I never expected to reveal It to any person or perrons hut when approach -»! by George. 1 could not resist him so here It Is—seriously—what I wanted to do was something worth while, a wish to know character: to reach an Ideal. Where else cun one better study character, an ideal, than among the scores of char- acters with whom, as a teacher, one Is thrown every dU MR. SIMONS— When I was a little boy. the birch rod was believed to be a better Instructor than a kind teacher. I cannot dony that 1 was ever in close con- tact with this rod but you may be sure I didn't like the teacher that used one and I did like the teacher that did no. Then and there I decided to show folks that they didn't know ns much about keeping order In a class room as they might. MR. GRUBER— “Wholesome Influence of good teachers combined with early ambitious tendencies directed my efforts toward the profession. MISS SUTTON— When but a small child of about seventeen years of age I had for my teacher a «lear young man for whom a great affection accumulated within me. He embodied everything that was great and good and noble. He was Innocence personified. Although I was as yet only In the sixth grade, we became life-long jails while school was In session. After school was out I lost track of him and since that time, have never laid eyes ujton him. All during my school-days I kept his memory green within me and after completing high school decided that by tak- ing uj the teaching profession, would 1k my one hojx of again finding my IDEAR”. After many years of teaching and constant search. I seem no nearer mv wandering boy than when I entered the prof« sslon. I am writing this hoping and praying that providence will at last 1k kind enough to place this In his dear hanjls. MR. Al'BT I became deeply Interested In school work while In the upper grades »f the common school, due to the influence and Insjrimtion of a certain teach- er that I had while In those grades. I thought I would lik« teaching and wanted to try It. I felt that this would allow me to continue my own education l»y earning enough money during the school year to enable me t« attend college during the summer. MR. TAYBOR— When I was young, very young, only twenty-two years of age. it suddenly dawned upon me that 1 should have a profession. The teach- ing profession looked good owing to the length of the summer vacation. If anyone knows of anything one can get into where one has the winter off also. I believe 1 could be persuaded to change my occupa- tion. I would like this menu: Work from 12 to 12:30 with half an hour « ff for lunch. MISS NUTTER— My first aspirations were to Is an actress, which met with the disapproval of my fond parents, it was at this time that I decided to become a teacher: and 1 have never regretted the change. MR. ROVENSTINH— In Indiana they give you a Job coaching athletics providing you teach about five hours a day along with It. 1 always wanted l«» «lo coaching and so took to ti aching to satisfy that desire. MISS ANDERSON--“The teaching profession al- ways seemed very attractive to me when I was a pu- pil. I did not imagine that any serious resjjonsiblllty was connected with It. It appeared to Ik Interesting and free from all cares and worries. The salary even at that time seemed larg« In comparison with my meager allowance. The outlook was bright, so since I liked school, and could not always remain In school as a student, I deckled to bo a teacher. MR. ANGEBB— The war was responsible for my becoming u teacher. My predecessor hnd been called to the army and the Superintendent had boon unable to secure anyone to take his place. As an accommo- dation to this Superintendent, and t« prevent the «•losing of the department. I accepted the position. MISS BYERS— Some mysteries are still unsolved but my present position Is no doubt due to my natural sympathy for mankind In general and f«»r all men In particular. Since I cannot keep house for all of them I'm engaged in training some able assistants. MISS STORMS Not having In my possession enough of this world's go xls to be a lady of Beisure I was forced to earn my bread and butter. Teaching seemed to he the profession which most of the B. I. W. (ladles In waiting) choose ami believing In the old adage that The way to a man's heart Is through his stomach I became Interested In the subject Do- mestic Science. —O. J. D. Page Fifteon